| Show MURDEROUS M UR CODED U f R j Delightful Little Holidays l for Officers Who Butcher Civilians l or Fancied Paneled Insults AMAZING OASES CASES SLAUGHTER OF Committed Suicide He lie Vinci an and Slay Sla Drunken Man Mall Who Vho had Insulted Him Special Correspondence Aug 20 At t frequent Int Inter Intervals Intervals vals tho thU of the tho civilized world voi I la Is BUI surprised by hy news newn Hint u n 1 Gorm or Austrian 01 or Russian has at nt attacked ii with hi I tacked 11 n B 1 defenseless sword 8 0 nl and anI cither olther hilled k III I or severer suver wounded the te unfortunate In clothes elottie In 11 tho the majority of ot cases caeI n sentence Is I added u to tho the dis dispatch dl patch Millin that the er In quo lion has hns not no been arrested and will not ti tilie be lie called to 10 l an account for a n crime cnn which would send a I civilian to the tho gallows Or If an In In Inquiry Ii that Is l ordered It develops later Inter penalty ly has hal been Inflicted or 01 U that hi hithe no pen for U the tho tho the Iio has been sentenced cd Kike Of appearances to detention in a u which chIc fortress a form ann of punishment Inflicts a ft minimum of 0 Inconvenience on a athe the tho culprit Huch Much occurrence as a n 1 rule attract good deal of or passing attention but bt n ft these tIie It Is I not generally en ern I known that attacks committed by Ly on un ur unarmed armed arc are an essential pai part militarism prevalent In I Ithe of or the rampant tho the countries countr os of or Continental Europe and an especially In the three thieo great em empires empIre i Austria of or Germany pires pIre tho Ii and Russia RusIn In all three countries military regulations drawn up by tho Ui respective ministries of war ratified the respective governments awl and ap lilt approved oh by proved by the tho kaiser the tho czar and the tho th Francis Joseph distinctly state Mate that must make use of oC a defend their thel their weapons well pons In order to military honor If It circumstances render ouch mich extreme mea measures necessary This thle regulation In Itself does doce not ap all particularly mischievous Ii In hot to be Le character for there thero nifty may conceivably be ho cases In which an would be hi justified In drawing his hie sword in self defense Just Ju t as us a civilian may ilia have lui occasion to make use 1180 of or a 1 tr en r or revolver reoler but the unwritten rules rule of ot military which hae grown growl grownup around the original written regular up tip lP lion ate are the lie cause cau e of the tho grO gross gros abuse I that take lake place so S often oCten I THINK THEY IUEY OWN THU TUE EARTH Continental officer have hoc In course cours courset believe bellee et C time taught themselves to that they form a ir class cIas of society which S Is Is Ii as far above as hoen above earth They Thoy have bare come to be he bellevo lIeo In the divine right of the tho military man to dominate the lbs world and to tc trample persons under underfoot underfoot foot as M a slaves elare created solely for tor the tho necessary ry of paying t the taxes for purpose tho the support of vast armies and of at course conrao to provide tU tt 11 human material numerical the to 10 keep up necessary ne It II strength of the army Frequently I happens that thaI female members of ot civil civilian cIVIlIon cIvIlIan families are regarded by officers oMere as HB ian Ion suitable wives for Cor but Jut lIberate liber tibet liberate when they receive I eln dowries the military man lIan manfrom ate from his hili burden of oC debt und enible comfortably ever eer litter after afterwards to live him wife has hai hasto wards ward and nd In such euch th Inferior to cut herself oft art from her hor Ilian Ihlan relatives and become a R member the predominant military ento eM to of ot where Apart from rain the great reat capital levelling Influent of the nye age flit are arc to the tho Irresistible Ir there Is not a garrison on German or Austria In III In which In town between the broad gap eop there Is not a it I The military and the th civilian claw circle have their own exclusive officers of ot their of ot society composed of oJ a men class email with their and chil children own quite aloof front from fro III the droll dren and keep civilians looking down upon mere lIere of their them from the vast ast height superiority military of ot Anyone Anone who 1110 has hM spent any ny length lenth continental town In time a that the case cue a as It li II 1 thus thu put putI IK IN knows know I rather understated than a this system Is II I encouraged Moreover and aged ageel and fostered by I the aerman German ax governments v for till the creation U Is re regarded rei solid military of ot a ft the to effective barrier m u nn MU i tide of at Social I Democracy for Cot Cott a and nd 1111 more which Weh becOmes become more German lennar yew year yea by year ear The t reo re modern a u aa he Is II In many emperor the tue maintenance of nf I believes In spatt CPM hierarchy and In III IIIi r n ft 1 powerful military otherwise I rancIs Joseph t U respect i the most moat be beneVolent b military matters malten In Mil t n the Ihl pence peace Ut of oC teen men and end loving lo cur share hi hIs view ten HY HONOR HO I means mean with an In Inflated by such of their own on opinion Continental officers have ho In the tM orld distorted and ond unnatural acquired call their military they the th of what Ideas constructed a have they he honor and with these thue abnor abnormal abnormal in lI r anc code rodo of right and anti wrong 1011 mal conceptions If officer In their The honor of nn fin altogether different lon Ion Is II something civilian If uch nuch a athing athing athing of ot a 11 the tho honor be fall caId to nd thing even een can CIUI scheme according to their Consequently measure must bt b special of ot reasoning from Insult taken t ken to protect It military honor Is 1 If It an officer must either cither a dud dutt he or he must draw hi his ih the offender the aggressor r In e nail and sword of ot officer blood lows flows If It at at ai that such ruch n ft 1 way brother officer hean ho he horan by a bo ho Insulted duel dud but Lm If his hI mil military fight a ran linn an awaya civilian be slIghted by a Har honor question whether the the there arises knightly capable of ot giving civilian I Is according to 0 the code Cde of ot It If the th civilian Is In Incapable Incapable duelling of giving knightly satisfaction capable officer must chastise e him and then tho tM th hi blood If U an officer IB Is shed thed his hili Mils of giving abl civilian t b by y a n and fall fahle to the offend offender faction disgraced and U in I a all as he Is I regarded re er fr stain slain with n a 1 forced lorr to quit the tho army orm honor boner on his hll code of ot military etiquette Is In InC ThIs Thill and compel officer lo In make mke C civilians nt ot their woo weapon poll I u we c e whether they want ant to IC or not for their reputation and career are art areAt good gool g name namo tho the whets when At lake At the tho moment slight BlIght Is b Inflicted on an officer ho bo Is al nl almost most bound to assume M that the tho civilian Is la Incapable cf at t giving knightly ton for tor or If Ir h ho watts waIts to 10 find out and It was turns out that a duel cannot be he fought rou ht with the offender he himself Is expelled from the army A civilian ci who U Is a Jew or who It Is engaged In trade or who Is the tho son lion sa of plebeian parents patents Is held hold to tobe tobe tobe be Incapable of giving sl 1 nl satisfaction and the classes are arc so 80 numerous that a slighted officer may easily take It for tor granted Jn letl that the particular civilian who has hat trod on his toes belongs to one of oC theta them A QUIXOTIC SUICIDE A It striking Of ot this view of mil tall milItary honor occurred recently nt at 1 Ham Hamburg burg where n a young youn lerman officer named Von Yon Abol Absi Ab 1 was assaulted In the tho dark b by a drunken man who came rame up from behind and took him by b surprise Ills assaIlant dealt d alt Von Abel several heavy hen y blows on the tho back of tho the head which were vere observed by a n number of or bystanders and which nearly stunned him Pulling himself together ho he turned to chastise the tho with his sword hut but the Ihn drunken man who had hail taken u enough wine sIne to be danger dangerous ClUe ous u but not enough to be helpless had disappeared and nOli was not to ba bo found Von Yon Abel went vent homo home to hi his lodgings t H II tH H I H II IJo r l 4 l I rii j 1 r rt if 1 t Of ti i I T j F Hl H H II H lM H HM t r GENERAL BARON BECK I COUNT WALDERSEE Chief of tho the Austrian Headquarters I I Chief f of the tho German Headquarters Staff Stott I Staff taff The Responsible ne Heads of ot the Iho German derman erman end Austrian Armies Who Have Joe to Uphold tho the Monstrous System of II Military Honor lIonor I and blew his brains out On his hili tabi was wall aN found round a letter In which h he tie wrote Dear Mother I have been Ileen struck from behind by L n a drunkard and I va a unable to exact vengeance for the In Intuit suit ault to my lilY military honor It was no a fault of or mine for no one could hay have turned to the pursuit more mote quickly than 1 I did after receiving two such sueh 8 ch blows blowe lowI nevertheless I know that I 1 am am dishon dishonor or orfel oret for ever and that I cannot face foe my comrades comrade comra e Is 19 for me melo meto rn to lo do tin but leve lere the army ns nil a adl dishonor dishonored honor honored will under understand understand ed man mall or to lo die lIe and you stand Inn that I prefer to 10 dIe Death Is bet bol tr for tor an nn officer than dishonor such sud If It I continued to t n as 01 would fall on mo me I 1 die upholding my own owr 1 ii arid w so I good name and that of my family Adieu A I Ill rIser dear d r mother molher sail and remember member r rn me as u kindly as 1111 you have treated 1 me during my lifetime MURDERED HIS rEt D When sir n II officer tortured by hY the lie Men kte that he U Ii dishonored takes Isle hIs hi life it I Is lev harmful to soCiety 0 than hen the th military rode code him himIn In tn Hy aloy others All I II still Mill e v t cIted 1 over tho Ihn th cn caIn c ot of lIue who ho killed a 1 r jouni him bis obi lets lory year came rAme out ant of In the army arm 1 and nd met TIet P th ions ton of if prominent of at ofen t vIen K en n and il they h v Imil hisil l hel ee fr from th lr arl at Hartmann wa WI Ift ct 1 In uniform and b ii lift Ii Iken a p 1 trl e p more moll wIns wIn than TV WM na on rood for far him hini 1 this his for the fact tart that Instead In of nt II tuI Kner hl I MI eror all as a tt h n iv r te rt ho he sil leI simply Imply limp How do you ou do r who hi hir his 11 r or Ar ml hl hr tir nv Ihl 11 sips it on fl 0 Ih ft h of hs he nn und r t tATI ATI 1 r him hi In fn 11 In tn 0 h 11 hT T 1 N ol of ot ofie ie turned to tn n nm sun nw tr lm iii lio hI hod fl not nt nw fOP 10 r Te nes et wh vIi i HUM litres f r MIB IIII hIm Ilm 11 tin un od 0 ep r w us sw rot rd bock back killing hm n A 1 rho hI scot ot Huen r wan M t tHil id and tn Us fur four y yr rs H U t appeal f 41 and nd tb II 1111 rl l oon MITI h t and mt t dl listUs r l f hehl h he m l German lm eTl the Ih to two y years nr III tier In a II I i nt at th the nf Ar hihi tin iii will wll the Iho I n II nn nfl officer It I i lh r rh h is wilt will 11 asree II r e 0 vi e full fill term nf of t ho o years tar for In I sIm v vry ry lou ease case of this tWi It kind klod kl r baa h I the ome r In tion n a full frill short hort hortI Iv ir Aft after I r t An has ha elm lIn n M from mm Ie 11 Tim The ks kIr r Kv ii h 81 n demon demonstrates his hi hiA i A Mt I nf It f the milItary of or orI I wreak In vengeance ven t by bloodshed PV ElY A hOLIDAY y Meanwhile pending the Imperial perl III nor nordon Ion don the lot of ot Huessner and of or others other who ho commit sImIlar deed deMs Is III a n pleasant ont one In he to tn they the are seat nt r f 1 Is III Imprisonment In name on Iv for far the thi are allowed tn to bring their own nn Loather leather tiler beds bed to rat cat and anti drink whatever they the choose to order ins ing caviAr and champagne they may keep It p a n they may ma lake taku Oe hours hourA exercise In this Iho op open n nil air every Ier day Ia anti and not necessarily within the th boundaries of the th grounds ground arm sur rounding the fortress for with p permia Ien nf of the commanding officer excursions ikinS may ma be extended to the neighbor neighborIng or oro Ing ln o es They may receive erth as asman asman many man v lt n as II they lIke Ilk and they the also abo pay to residents resident of or the surround rn ine district tire the fortress their liberty I II absolutely They can enn play out of doors door games game ms of ot nil all kinds In and they tan fan read whatever they choose chon e ami naI anI hll the official omeal regulations regulation concerning heir treatment specially provide that tile they shall have hac the thC privilege of nt pursue puru Ins their own particular hobbles If It the tIle period f l of detention becomes become tedious I loUA loUAn n officer undergoing confinement to a n fortresS may apply to the commanding for leave Itao of or absence and go right away awa for tor a B week k or two to enjoy life lire and then return to complete his hili term of ot detention This form torn of or punishment Is In In fact no punishment at nt oil nil but Jut rather a C pleasant holiday for the culprits sen sentenced tented thereto And It U Is the tIre Intention of the government that this should bo be bethe the case calle This treatment of at who have hass hn shed hed blood In upholding their military honor Is part of the system of or maintaining a favored military caste exempt from the ordinary laws of Jus tIre and morality It Is hardly hard surprising that the tire atti attl attitude tude of ot the military authorities In Car Ger Germany many Austria and Russia leads bails to 10 many outrageous abuses of or the officers right to 10 cut down anyone who slights alights his hili dignity These outrages rue Bro less lens frequent In III Germany than In Austria where they occur on Oil nn an overage average once anne In every ever two or three weeks or so Here lere am are a number of ras raea s which have come carrie Under the writers personal per onal notice CUT PUT OFF THREE E FINGERS Lieutenant von was as standing In the lie middle of ot the Mu Mit Strasse one of the busiest thoroughfares In III Vienna Menna talking to two ladles ladies when a n passing omnibus nearly ran over them Lieutenant von ot swore soro vigorously at nt the tue driver who replied I called out to you ou loudly loudl to get out I of or the tio way 11 you should not stand talk talkIng talkIng talkIng Ing In III the middle of oC a I busy street Lieutenant von on regarded this reply a an Insult In to iris his military honor And Ond drawing his sword h he made a n dash at nt the driver and dealt deall him a blow on hi his right tight hand which cut three fingers right off ocr The Tho driver war Wall removed to tho the hospital where wh re tho tIn doctors found that he was WAil disabled for tor life Under the Influence of the storm of ot public Indignation caused by this as 18 assault sault a expelled led Lieuten Lieutenant ant von on from the arm army and ordered him to pay his hili victim a pension for life I IA A few CI weeks I ks later however whoa when the general bad had forgotten Ibe affair the guilty guilt officer was pardoned d and re r In his hili former rank Thereupon Ther upon although a R wealthy man he ho announced irIs his Intention of censing ceasIng to 10 pay the pen lIen pension slim sion to the disabled driver who was thus thull reduced to destitution and beg berr beggary gary 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